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Akkor – An (Spotify)
Besides the synthesizer recordings and found noises, “An” is a piano piece that is digitally manipulated and deformed. Produced and performed by Üstün Lütfi Yildirim, mixed by Yildirim with contributions of Kemal Cankaya, mastered by Cem Oral. With his new single “An”, Akkor presents his contemporary musical language and it’s tendencies, also teases the upcoming album “Durma” (March, 2020).
Shoshana Michel – Elegy (Spotify)
"Elegy" was written to express the sadness after several deaths of loved ones and friends.
Shoshana Michel is an award-winning contemporary solo pianist. Classically trained, Shoshana started music lessons at the age of seven when a door-to-door salesman for a local music studio knocked on her front door. Throughout the years, she has played different genres of music at different venues from ragtime at Knott’s Berry Farm to contemporary solo piano at The Galleria at South Bay in Redondo Beach, California.
Shoshana recorded her first solo piano album, Soul Whispers in 2015. In 2016, she released Dancing on the Wind, her debut album as a composer followed by Prelude to a Dream in 2017, Reflection in 2019 and Impressions in 2020.
Shoshana’s music has been used in documentaries and has received accolades, nominations and awards. Her music can be heard on Sirius XM Radio, Pandora, Calm Radio, Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, Sleep Radio, The River of Calm and many other stations worldwide.
Shoshana’s playing has been described as “graceful and flowing” and “refined and elegant”. Her music will inspire, stir the heart and touch the soul. The music she writes is inspired by life experiences, people and emotions. Shoshana feels that music is healing and is passionate about sharing her music with others. She resides with her human and avian family in Brooklyn, New York.
Daniel Tjernberg, Mikael Tjernberg, Daniel & Mikael Tjernberg, Malva Quartet – Death of a King (Spotify)
Daniel and Mikael started to write music together at an early age. The music soon became distinguished in its style, with the brothers blending different musical genres, such as orchestral classical, jazz and ambient, and making them interact in a musical context with a very personal musical mark. They became recording artists, writing for album releases as well as for film/TV and other medias.
Wide Waters – Tundra (Spotify)
Neo-Classical/Ambient Soundscape that takes the listener on a journey of self-exploration and meditation. Cinematic ambient soundscapes that echo with nature, leading a journey of self-exploration colliding and intertwining with technology. Intense, at times ethereal, with adaptive emotional content immersing the listener in an emotive journey to discovering ourselves.
The band is Justin Krass – Piano, Sam Stauff – Guitar, Phil Anthony – Bass and John Venezia – Drums. And, is an evolution stemming from Justin and Sam making music with Wess Meets West and steering away from post-rock towards ambient, subdued new-wave classical music, exploring textures in a minimalistic soundscape incorporating moments of rock and opera.
BPMoore – Galvanised (Spotify)
BPMoore’s Galvanised is an ambient/electronic instrumental piece that unfolds from a suspenseful drone and pulsing synths into sparkling piano lines, lively drums, and melodic string parts. Soft felted piano riffs shimmer a stirring and hopeful introduction, before a spirited drum groove creates an energetic foundation for the subsequent evolving layers of string and synth parts. The piece is extremely compelling both melodically and texturally, and is quite unlike much of the popular ambient music today that focuses solely on subtle shifts. While the music retains a similar sense of nuance and ebb-and- flow, the composition itself is quite intricate, somehow achieving the perfect balance of ambient and interest.
Galvanised is the “part two” to London-based Ben Moore’s most recent single, From All Who Came Before, the title track on his upcoming album Komorebi. The two have been mixed so that there is no discernible break from one song to the next, and Galvanised brings a sense of completion to the delicate and expectant atmosphere set by the first. In Ben’s own words,
“Galvanised is feeling that moment of anticipation and the release that (finally) everything has just locked into place for the positive.”
v e n n, Andy Feldman – over (prelude) (Spotify)
Over (prelude), is an ambient soundscape featuring an emotive piano melody. This track is a reflection on how all things eventually come to an end. Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy. Andy is a pianist/multi-instrumentalist from New Jersey that focuses on the modern piano, relaxing piano, and jazz piano. In addition to currently playing and gigging with the Asbury Park based jam band, Secret Sound, he writes and records music varying from cinematic instrumental music, to piano improvisations and indie pop/rock. With his bands, he has opened for acts such as Umphrey's McGee, Rusted Root, and Dark Star Orchestra and continues to build a following through their energetic, live performances.
His piano music often focuses on the past, or the future - the sort of longing feeling you get when searching for something more, or quietly remembering a past event. Ear To The Ground had this to say about Andy's latest release: "It’s got a dash of jazz, a pinch of the blues, and a serenity that I find hard to find in music these days. There’s a real subtlety in the way the chords roll together. If there was such a thing as an Americana and neoclassical mashup, that’s Andy Feldman’s writing."
Stephen Weber – Bittersweet (Spotify)
A piano improvisation reflecting conflicting feelings.
YuMe – Kite (Spotify)
Kite is a song about possibilities and opportunities - the pentatonic approach leaves room for imagination making the space between the notes as important as the notes played. A subtle meditative search of the mind written in Japan by the young European composer Yume. Yume is a Dutch composer writing meditative songs in the pentatonic vein, sometimes his piano playing is being backed by subtle far-off self made soundscapes and field recordings , almost unhearable but giving the listener even more imaginary views of a world beyond (after all, Yume means dream in Japanese).
Christof R Davis – Nocturne (Spotify)
"Nocturne" is a minimal and ambient solo piano track - recorded late one night with the moon streaming through the studio windows. Grab yourself a whisky, settle down with a good book and enjoy!
Wide Waters – Tides (Spotify)
Cinematic ambient soundscapes that echo with nature, leading a journey of self-exploration colliding and intertwining with technology. Intense, at times ethereal, with adaptive emotional content immersing the listener in an emotive journey to discovering ourselves.